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Message:: [QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8056995, member: 120820"]RIC's classification of diadem types is rather unsatisfactory. RIC only recognizes three varieties of diadem: "plain", "rosette" and "pearl", which for these "eyes to heaven" busts corresponds to bust types E4, E5 and E6 respectively. The name "plain diadem" is a bit unfortunate since these are hardly ever plain (never on the bronze). Band diadem would be a more descriptive name. These oblique-line diadems are a type of plain diadem, but so are the ladder-type ones having the appearance of box-like compartments with a huge variety of additional decoration (not exactly "plain"). Where things get confusing is where a band-type diadem contains rosettes as part of it's decoration, such as this one. From the illustration of RIC 56 on plate 22, RIC would consider this as a rosette diadem. It makes more sense to me to consider this as a band-type diadem (i.e. a type of "plain" diadem). [ATTACH=full]1396214[/ATTACH] A classic rosette diadem is decorated/made from alternating pairs of laurel leaves and rosettes, with no band in sight (even if these decorative elements would in reality be attached to a band). Another confusing type is where there is just a hint of these alternating laurel and rosette elements, but contained withing a ladder type diadem, such as this one: [ATTACH=full]1396215[/ATTACH] So ... many/most of these eyes-to-heaven Cyzicus campgate diadems are varieties of band-type (i.e "plain") diadem, hence E4 bust, but not necessarily all. For example Victor's specimen linked above - band-type E4 or rosette E5 ? It's hard to guess where RIC intended to draw the line.[/QUOTE]

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